Immigrant Mother

Gabriela Alvarez

Escaping from a country that only had violence and poverty to offerTo ironically fall into the hands of a patriotic, capitalist nationNot that its bad not that its good, it’s just not how you thought it would lookYou let yourself be mistreated in order to feed your childrenThe children that no longer speak their native languageThey come from school demanding new shoesYou cry alone, thinking how your going to feed them tomorrowThe American culture has crawl upon their veins, pushing their roots awayYou hear talk at night about hating their skin colorOnce again you ask yourself if living here is worth the suffer

Gabriela Alvarez is currently a student at Texas Southmost College that will transfer to UTRGV in Fall 2018 to pursue a career in psychology. As a Mexican-American herself and being the first generation to graduate from high school and attend college in her family she is knowledgeable of the struggles faced by a Mexican in the U.S. This poem was inspired by the struggles women in her family had gone through to create better opportunities for the future generations.